Question to Christians re humility

[Doubting_Thomas]

One of the criticisms we often see levelled against Atheism, and particularly scientifically argued atheism, is that the doubters are "arrogant" and should be more "humble".

What is really meant by this, is there a Christian-specific meaning to humility? We all know the dictionary definitions, but I'm confused how any such criticism isn't equally or more-so applicable to the religious position?

How can complete confidence in some interpretation of the bible, which spells out so many amazing things which we are told are factual, be any more humble than the atheist position of evidence based reasoning? The reasoning atheist acknowledges the caveats of what they 'know', whereas the faithful Christian is in no doubt about the existence of god.

Sorry if this is an old topic done to death, but I am curious and never heard the Christian side of this.

[Something completely different]

Sorry if this is an old topic done to death, but I am curious and never heard the Christian side of this.

good luck. i have only encountered 2 christians here so far one doesn`t answere questions the other trolled and wasn`t seen ever since.
since this is a atheist forum, and for most religious people it is "sin" toeaven considering to dought their faith. most of them will stay away from this forum.

but i have only been here for about one week

[Darkstar]

Some are under the impression that we are just too prideful to follow god/think we don't need him. This is ironic, considering they think the whole universe was created just for humans. That being said:

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[Darwinian]

good luck. i have only encountered 2 christians here so far one doesn`t answere questions the other trolled and wasn`t seen ever since.
since this is a atheist forum, and for most religious people it is "sin" toeaven considering to dought their faith. most of them will stay away from this forum.

but i have only been here for about one week

Don't worry, you'll soon meet all the other Christians who reside here. Some of them are actually pretty decent as well

[Mystic]

I'm interested to hear the Christian side as well.

[Something completely different]

I'm interested to hear the Christian side as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa0rpCgVLs4

[Drich]

One of the criticisms we often see levelled against Atheism, and particularly scientifically argued atheism, is that the doubters are "arrogant" and should be more "humble".

What is really meant by this, is there a Christian-specific meaning to humility?

Yes. Humble as a Slave is to his Master.

How can complete confidence in some interpretation of the bible, which spells out so many amazing things which we are told are factual, be any more humble than the atheist position of evidence based reasoning?

The atheist position demands a reason for action. A slave does what he is told and sometimes the reasons will follow.

The reasoning atheist acknowledges the caveats of what they 'know', whereas the faithful Christian is in no doubt about the existence of god.

The reasons the Atheist knows nothing of God and the reason the Believer is in 'No doubt' is because one humbles himself before God and allows God to lift him up, and the other expects God to humble Himself before the atheist and then perform God 'tricks' to prove Himself before man.

[Tea Earl Grey Hot]

....The reasons the Atheist knows nothing of [Zeus] and the reason the Believer is in 'No doubt' is because one humbles himself before [Zeus] and allows [Zeus] to lift him up, and the other expects [Zeus] to humble Himself before the atheist and then perform [Zeus] 'tricks' to prove Himself before man.

....The reasons the Atheist knows nothing of [Allah] and the reason the Believer is in 'No doubt' is because one humbles himself before [Allah] and allows [Allah] to lift him up, and the other expects [Allah] to humble Himself before the atheist and then perform [Allah] 'tricks' to prove Himself before man.

....The reasons the Atheist knows nothing of [Santa] and the reason the Believer is in 'No doubt' is because one humbles himself before [Santa] and allows [Santa] to lift him up, and the other expects [Santa] to humble Himself before the atheist and then perform [Santa] 'tricks' to prove Himself before man.

See why us arrogant atheists might like a little proof?

[Darkstar]

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One of the criticisms we often see levelled against Atheism, and particularly scientifically argued atheism, is that the doubters are "arrogant" and should be more "humble".

What is really meant by this, is there a Christian-specific meaning to humility?

Yes. Humble as a Slave is to his Master.

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You openly admit you are nothing more than a slave to god...glad we cleared that up.

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How can complete confidence in some interpretation of the bible, which spells out so many amazing things which we are told are factual, be any more humble than the atheist position of evidence based reasoning?

The atheist position demands a reason for action. A slave does what he is told and sometimes the reasons will follow.

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And sometimes reasons won't follow and you'll find out you did something horrible because you never asked. Now let's see how that attitude would work out for you under Hitler...

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The reasoning atheist acknowledges the caveats of what they 'know', whereas the faithful Christian is in no doubt about the existence of god.

The reasons the Atheist knows nothing of God and the reason the Believer is in 'No doubt' is because one humbles himself before God and allows God to lift him up, and the other expects God to humble Himself before the atheist and then perform God 'tricks' to prove Himself before man.

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Funny, he did 'god tricks' all of the time in the bible. Even Jesus did something as trivial as supply extra alcohol at a party!

[Polaris]

Humility just means not boasting, but the Christian version has more to do with a humble submission (not the submission of Islam mind you) where we admit that our "good" works are not because of us or our own actions but because of God's work through us.

We also don't like to think of ourselves as "good" people....now mind you, you'd get a better, more developed answer from a Catholic as they focus more on guilt than Protestants.